Protests intensify in Los Angeles
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1:30 p.m. EDT About 300 members of the National Guard have been stationed across Los Angeles so far, The New York Times reported, the first soldiers as part of the 2,000 Trump has promised to station across the city as more protests are expected to take place this afternoon.
Following a day of mostly peaceful protests in downtown Los Angeles, violence broke out Monday night, leading to vandalism, looting, and over 100 arrests reported by the LAPD. A curfew was imposed in parts of downtown LA.
California mayor Karen Bass imposed a curfew in downtown Los Angeles to prevent vandalism and looting during immigration enforcement protests.Protest
Protests have taken place on five streets in downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter is the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal building that has been holding undocumented immigrants detained in operations conducted by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE).
Mayor Karen Bass says people involved in causing damage during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles will be prosecuted.
LA residents who surveyed the damage after the protests on June 8 were disillusioned by what unfolded in their city and feared what might come next.
Nationwide protests erupted across the US following federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, prompting President Trump to deploy thousands of troops, triggering widespread clashes, curfews, mass arrests,
A limited curfew went into effect Tuesday for an area of downtown Los Angeles following several nights of violence that followed largely peaceful daytime protests over immigration enforcement raids, Mayor Bass announced.
Texas leaders are reacting Monday as tensions in Los Angeles increased Sunday following President Donald Trump's deployment of the California National Guard.